karakul

kar·a·kul also car·a·cul  (kr-kl)

n. In both senses also called broadtail.

1. Any of a breed of Central Asian sheep having a wide tail and wool that is curled and glossy in the young but wiry and coarse in the adult.

2. Fur made from the pelt of a karakul lamb.

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[After Karakul, a lake of eastern Tajikistan.]

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karakul, caracul [ˈkærək^əl]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a breed of sheep of central Asia having coarse black, grey, or brown hair: the lambs have soft curled usually black hair

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) the fur prepared from these lambs See also Persian lamb

[from Russian, from the name of a region in Bukhara where the sheep originated]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

karakul - hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur caracul, broadtail domestic sheep, Ovis aries - any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin